So my world doesn't have tungsten, and I don't want to have to hunt down the diamonds for a platinum staff, or get the silt necessary for all that tungsten, so I'm using Shimmer instead. Toss in platinum, then the gold from that, then use the tungsten and the emeralds I've got to make a staff.
Is it a stupidly long process, including finding the Shimmer? Yes.
Do I care? Not in the slightest.